Role-based email address

Role-based email addresses are UVic email addresses that can represent a group, role, department, or program. These addresses are ideal for managing email in a shared-access or group environment, where group-members may change over time. Each role-based email address will receive an @uvic.ca email that is not limited to 8-characters in length. For example, a role-based email address may take the form department.name@uvic.ca.

Each role-based email address is an Exchange email and calendaring account and can be used and accessed using the methods available to email and calendaring for faculty and staff. Each account can be accessed by a number of different users, each using their primary NetLink ID and passphrase. The accounts with access to the role-based email address are specified when creating the role-based email address.

A role-based email is not able to login to other UVic services such as FAST, Banner, wireless networks, computer labs, or SharePoint. It can only be used for email and calendaring.

Who can use this service?

Departments

Faculty

Staff

Researchers

How do I access this service?

Role-based email accounts are accessed using the same methods available to email and calendaring for faculty and staff. Note that the username and passphrase required to access a role-based email account is your own primary NetLink ID and passphrase.

What is the cost for this service?

This service is provided free of charge.

When is this service available?

This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. You can be informed of service interruptions by subscribing to Informed.